Lady, You Shot Me: The Life and Death of Sam Cooke (2014)

Title: Lady, You Shot Me: The Life and Death of Sam Cooke
Original Title: Lady, You Shot Me: The Life and Death of Sam Cooke
Release Date: 2014-05-05
Status: Released
Rating: 5.6/10 (from 5 votes)
Language: EN
Genres: Music, Documentary
Production Companies: Signed Media
Sam Cooke died at the age of 33 on December 11, 1964, at the Hacienda Motel, at 9137 South Figueroa Street, in Los Angeles, California. Answering separate reports of a shooting and of a kidnapping at the motel, police found Cooke's body, clad only in a sports jacket and shoes but no shirt, pants or underwear. He had sustained a gunshot wound to the chest, which was later determined to have pierced his heart. The motel's manager, Bertha Franklin, said she had shot Cooke in self-defense after he broke into her office residence and attacked her. Her account was immediately questioned and disputed by acquaintances.
Cast

Sam Cooke
Self (archive footage)

Zelda Sands
Self

Al Schmitt
Self

Eugene Jamison
Self

Bill Gardner
Self

Denise Dowse
Self

Erik Greene
Self

Cyril H. Wecht
Self - Forensic Pathologist

Joe B. Kellum
Self

Anthony Samad
Self